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Was the Victim of the Jackson Heights MTA Bus Crash Jaywalking? [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Feb 4, 2014 | 11 Comments

Update: NYPD identified the victim as Martha Tibillin-Guamug, 25, according to the Times Ledger. A pedestrian was killed by a Q53 bus driver in Jackson Heights Monday afternoon. Some published reports say the woman was hit near 74th Street and Broadway, but photos of the scene and the Q53 route map indicate that the crash occurred […]

Daily News Ignores Driver’s Actions in Persecuting 70-Year-Old “Jaywalker”

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2014 | 9 Comments

The headline in today’s Daily News, “Jaywalker in critical condition after being struck by car in Midtown,” sets the tone for a particularly heinous example of tabloid victim-blaming. According to the Post, the victim was Landal Hoilette, who was hit on W. 57th Street near 11th Avenue yesterday afternoon while on a lunch break from his […]

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It’s Time for the AP to Nix the Term “Accident” to Describe Car Collisions

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 11, 2013 | No Comments

Earlier this year, the NYPD adopted a policy to stop using the term “accident” to describe traffic collisions. The San Francisco police department made similar changes a few months later. The problem with the term “accident,” of course, is that it implies no one was at fault — that traffic injuries and deaths are just random, […]

Post Unwittingly Makes Case for Northbound Protected Bike Lane on UWS

By Stephen Miller | Dec 9, 2013 | 24 Comments

Today, New Yorkers got a blast from the past in the pages of the New York Post. Less than a week ago, Community Board 7 voted unanimously to ask DOT to study complete streets measures including a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue. For today’s paper, the Post sent two reporters to the Columbus Avenue […]

Arthur Chi’en of WPIX Has Raised the Bar for NYC Traffic Violence Reportage

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2013 | 12 Comments

If you haven’t seen it, you should have a look at Arthur Chi’en’s story on the growing movement to keep children safe from reckless New York City drivers, which aired last night on WPIX. Chi’en spoke with Amy Tam and Hsi-Pei Liao, whose little girl Allison Liao was killed by a driver in a crosswalk in Flushing. […]

Public Still Doesn’t Know Why Cy Vance Failed to Charge in Sian Green Case

By Brad Aaron | Nov 18, 2013 | 28 Comments

Last Friday WNYC ran a piece in which Bronx vehicular crimes chief Joe McCormack explained why he thought Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance failed to file charges against the cab driver who drove onto a Midtown sidewalk and severed the leg of tourist Sian Green. The story offers valuable insight into the mindset of prosecutors, but […]

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